NEW DELHI - Successive cricket board treasurers have often asked for the beefing up of their office because of the nature of book-keeping they have to maintain. As a bonanza, the incumbent has not one, two but three offices -- including a plush five-star hotel suite! The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) now maintains offices for its treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry in Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi --
and surprisingly not in his home town Bhiwani. This information was dug out by crusader from Bihar, Aditya Verma, who played a key role in the Supreme Court removing Narayanaswamy Srinivasan as the BCCI president. Chaudhry did not deny he has three offices but rubbished the allegations and timing of Verma’s revelations. Verma claims that one of the offices is located in Delhi’s ITC Maurya Sheraton and the board spent a whopping Rs.40 lakh in sprucing up the two hotel rooms. Verma, who is the secretary of the unrecognized Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB), further alleged that a Delhi-based furniture shop owner, a friend of Chaudhry, has worked on the interiors of the hotel rooms. "The BCCI has been declared a public authority by the government and Rs.40 lakh is a waste of public money," said Verma.
Verma also claimed that Chaudhry also used his clout to include Adam Chadwick in the BCCI museum committee. Chadwick, who is also the curator of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), is reportedly being paid Rs.5 crore as consultation fee. Rubbishing Verma’s allegations, Chaudhry questioned the timing of his raking up the issue.
Verma also claimed that Chaudhry also used his clout to include Adam Chadwick in the BCCI museum committee. Chadwick, who is also the curator of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), is reportedly being paid Rs.5 crore as consultation fee. Rubbishing Verma’s allegations, Chaudhry questioned the timing of his raking up the issue.
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